Terms of virtual exchange

If you are selected for a course of a virtual exchange partner university, Wageningen University & Research will share your personal data with that university. The data are shared with and used by the partner university to let you participate in the online course, to register the obtained course result in their student information system and to share the result with Wageningen University & Research.

We share the following data, as registered in the student information system:

  • Your name
  • Your nationality
  • Your Wageningen student ID (student number)
  • Your previous education
  • Your gender
  • Your date of birth
  • Your country of birth
  • Your WUR email address

Both Wageningen University & Research and the partner university will treat this information confidentially. The personal data will not be lent, rented, sold or made public. Both universities have implemented adequate technical and organisational security measures, such as encrypted connections and access on a need-to-know basis only. You may request access, improvement, addition, removal, transfer or foreclosure of your personal data to the extent permitted by law. Such a request can be submitted electronically to Wageningen University & Research (via privacy@wur.nl) or to the partner university.